Unclaimed Property

When it comes to the state's unclaimed property, you could be entitled to some money or valuables you never knew existed.

This vault is a little different than Al Capone's. Inside are millions of dollars worth of valuables - and they all belong to Floridians.

Every year, valuables are turned over to the office of Florida's Chief Financial Officer. The state waits at least five years before they auction them off.

"Florida traditionally is a state where people from other parts of the country come to retire. Maybe their children and other relatives are still in other parts of the country, and maybe they didn't know about this particular account or this particular safe deposit box," says Walter Graham of the Bureau of Unclaimed Property.

The annual auction held next week in Orlando will feature just about everything. From a nearly hundred year old gold flute, to gold watches, to even baseball cards of famous players like Jackie Robinson and Willie Mays.

The CFO's office estimates they have more than a billion dollars of unclaimed property or cash. They gave back almost 240 million of that last year alone.

Auction and unclaimed funds go into a trust that supports public schools.